Centerville Highway to Get Upgrades

(Editor's Note: This article is a press release from Gwinnett County.)

Centerville Highway and the Archer High School area will get mobility improvements following Board of Commissioners action on Tuesday.

Crews will install fiber-optic cables and traffic monitoring cameras along almost seven miles of State Route 124 (Centerville Highway) from U.S. 78 to the DeKalb County line. The new equipment will allow operators at Gwinnett’s traffic control center to monitor traffic and make real-time adjustments to traffic signals based on actual conditions.

The new traffic cameras also will be added to GC Smart Commute, live traffic feeds of heavily-traveled intersections and corridors that help Gwinnett residents plan their daily commutes. Feeds are available 24/7 at www.gcsmartcommute.com and on TVgwinnett , the government access cable channel, weekdays between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and again from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The installation contract of $677,377 went to the low responsive bidder, Midasco LLC. Funding comes from the 2009 SPLOST program.

Archer High School students will get new sidewalk, curb and gutter and drainage improvements for a third of a mile on the north side of New Hope Road from the high school to Tribble Walk Drive. This work is expected to be complete by the beginning of the school year this August.

A related project on the same contract will rebuild the intersection of Grayson New Hope Road and Chandler Road with a half-mile of widening, turn lanes, a new traffic signal and upgraded storm drainage. The intersection work is expected to be completed by this fall. 

ISC, Inc., the lowest of 10 bidders, received the $769,361 construction contract. Funding for the safety project also comes from the 2009 SPLOST program.